Chapter VII
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Salary, (I said, quite offended) what do I care for salary? I do not want the salary; I want the position. It is glory enough to go back to the Pittsburgh Division in your former place. You can make my salary just what you please and you need not give me any more than what I am getting now... Oh, please don't speak to me of money!
— Andrew Carnegie
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Salary, (I said, quite offended) what do I care for salary? I do not want the salary; I want the position. It is glory enough to go back to the Pittsburgh Division in your former place. You can make my salary just what you please and you need not give me any more than what I am getting now... Oh, please don't speak to me of money!" in the context of "Chapter VII" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Andrew Carnegie" (Quotes, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, 1920: Carnegie, Andrew (1920), Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie with Illustrations, retrieved: July 4, 2014)
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About Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company, which later became U.S. Steel.
About Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company, which later became U.S. Steel.
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